America Magazine

Is the Latin Mass more reverent? Our readers respond.

Kerry Weber’s “Stop saying the Latin Mass is more reverent” (Short Take, online Nov. 17) received more than 150 comments from our readers. Her story was in part a response to a recent article in The ...
Knoxville News Sentinel

There's more to the Catholic liturgy wars than the Latin Mass | Terry Mattingly

On the first Sunday of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV stood on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica and chanted the Marian prayer "Regina Caeli" in Latin. While many consider Latin chant controversial ...
America Magazine

Don’t get the appeal of the Latin Mass? Look to an Indigenous sun dance

Editor’s note: This article is part of The Conversation with America Media, offering diverse perspectives on important and contested issues in the life of the church. Read other views on the ...
National Catholic Register

Diocese Bans ‘All Are Welcome,’ Other Hymns from Catholic Masses

The Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, will implement a formal ban this week on the singing of certain contemporary hymns at Mass because of doctrinal inaccuracies in their lyrics as well as a ...
The Columbian

American cardinal celebrates old Latin Mass in St. Peter’s in a sign of change

VATICAN CITY — A top American cardinal celebrated a traditional Latin Mass on Saturday in St. Peter’s Basilica with the explicit permission of Pope Leo XIV, thrilling traditionalist Catholics who had ...